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No. 290,459. Y Patented De 18, 1883.

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Unrrnn Slrarns" LEWIS MILLER, OF AKRON, OHIO.

GRAIN-BINDING HARVESTER.

SPECIFICATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 290,459, dated December 18, 1883.r Application filed December 1, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Lewis MILLER, of Akron, county of Summit, State of Ohio, have' invented new and useful Improvements in Grain-Binding Harvesters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making partof this specification.

My invention relates, in general terms, to certain features of construction and combination in a grain-binding harvester, substantially as hereinafter vset forth, wherein Aand whereby the grain is gathered into gavels and bound upon the platform side of the drivewheel, and-during its travel up the incline upon which it is elevated up to or above the level of the drive-wheel, and while resting on said incline, and this is done by means of suitable packing and binding apparatus arranged and operated between the inside vertical plane of the drive-wheel and the foot of the incline; and it also relates to the construction and combination of apparatus for moving each bundle as bound from the place of binding over the drivewheel, whence it may vfall onto the ground, out of the way of the horses on the next round, or be received by a bundle-receiving mechanism, from which, at the pleasure ofthe operator, the bundles, as accumulated, are dropped upon the ground, away from proximity to the machine, and after which latter the bundle-receiving mechanism will automatically return to a receiving position; and it further relates to an .improved organization relative to the machine frame-work'of the devices by which the binding-arm or needle and packers .are operated, and also by which the cutting apparatus and reel are operated from the binder mechanism, instead of having the binder made as a removable attachment to the harvester, and with its driving mechanism taking its motion from the cutter and reel-driving mechanism of the harvester, as has heretofore been usual in machines of this class.

It further relates to the supporting ofthe drivers seat upon the gear-standard of the binder, above the mechanism for binding the grain and carrying the bound bundles over the wheel; to the manner of supporting the pickers or gatherers from said gear-standard,

and to anovel arrangement of crank-shaft actuating the cutters, as hereinafter explained.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is arear elevation of a harvester with my improvements applied. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, and Fig. 3 a plan or top view, of the same; Fig. 4, a front elevation of the binding mechanism, showing also the angular main axle-bar. Fig 5 is a plan View, and Fig. 6 a rear elevation, showing modiiications in some of the parts. l

A and A represent two tubes arranged longitudinally of the machine, and in parallel relation, but one, A', in a higher plane than the other, the two being connected by inclined transverse bars a a a2, one near each end and one at or near the center of their length, and secured thereto by means of U or loop shaped straps or bolts, said construction forming the bed-frame of the binder mechanism, and also the main frame of the machine, to which the platform-frame and other parts of the machine are secured; and the centrall transverse bar, a', may be made to serve also as the support for the -stub-axle b, upon which the main drivewheel B is mounted, by having its outer end extended and bent downward into a vertical position, the axle being attached to its lower end, thereby making a direct attachment of the driving-wheel to the binder-frame. Underneath this binder-frame, at each end, are secured blocks C C, conforming to the inclined position of the transverse frame-bars on their upper faces, and horizontal on their lower faces, and to these lower faces the inner ends of the forward and rear sills or transverse bars D D of the platform-frame are secured by means of through-bolts uniting them to the front and rear transverse bars, ce and a2, of the binder-frame, and to suitable standards on the forward platform-frame bar the tongue E is pivoted, the binder-frame being thus made to form the main frame and the center of the organization of the machine as a whole. The transverse metal bars a a a2 have wooden bars a3 secured to their upper faces by the same U shaped straps or bolts which unite said bars a a c2 to the longitudinal tubes, and upon these bars, through suitable uprights, the slot- IOO ted binder-table F is secured, said ttble in- Y, clining upward from the delivery end of the raking devices of the horizontal plat-form to a point above or even with the top of the wheel B, from which point it projects laterally over the wheel, either horizontally or with a downward inclination, facilitating the discharge of the bundle or bundles over the drive-wheel and upon the ground, in such manner that a clear path shall be left for the horses on the next round; but I prefer to arrange at this point a dumping tray or receptacle upon which the bundles may be carried, for facilitating` their discharge in rows ruiming transversely to the path of the machine. This tray or receptacle may be of any suitable construction, that shown consisting of a series of light parallel transverse fingers secured to a longitudinal shaft, G, mounted in lateral extensions of the bed-timbers of the binding and ele *ating table F. This bundlereceptacle is counterweighted by weight G', so as normally to return to and keep a horizontal or bundle-receiving position, and in which position it is locked for the reception of bundles by a dog, g', which engages the end of a catch-bolt, gt'. The bundles accumulate one by one on the receptacle until the operator desires to unload, and he then pulls on the hand-lever G2, so as to draw back the catch-bolug. The preponderance of weight being outside the shaft G, the receptacle tilts downward and the bundles slide off, and at such distance from the drivewheel as to be clear of interference therewith. The fingers g should not be long enough in any case to engage the ground in their tilting operation. Any suitable catch-lock may be substituted for that shown, and a treadle may take the place ofthe lever G2.

Upon the two transverse bars a2 and c is secured the tubular binder-gear standard, H, upon which the bindingmechanism is mounted, This standard is made in angular shape, H representing the upright portion connecting the two arms, made by preference in the form of a hollow flattened half-cylinder, or of a longitudinally-flattened frustum of a cone, and from this upright portion two horizontal sleeves, h and 7L', extend forward, the former above the binder-table and the latter underneath it, and secured to the bars a' c2 ofthe binder-frame, said sleeve It' serving as the bearing for the shaft I, to the forward end of which the needle or band-carrying arm S is attached, and the upper sleeve, h, serving as a bearing for the shaft I', actuating the knotting or band-uniting devices. The band carrying and uniting devices shown are similar to those employed in what is known as the Appleby binder, described in Letters Patent granted to John F. Appleby, February 18, 1879; but any preferred form of devices for binding grain may be employed, so long as they are adapted for use between the drivingwheel and the grain-platform at the delivery end of the platform, and in connection with the upwardly-inclined elevating and binding table F, upon which the grain is bound in its passage over the wheel. The binder yoke or standard H is provided on its vertical portion with a pendent lug or ear at ht', provided with bearings for a longitudinal shaft, J, to which continuous motion is imparted from a sprocket or chain wheel, B', on the hub of the drivewheel, said wheel acting through a sprocketwheel on the outer end of a short transverse shaft, b', provided with a bevel-wheel on its inner end engaging a bevel-wheel on the shaft J, to drive the latter and the spur and sprocket or chain wheels J' and J2 on the rear end thereof. This shaft J constitutes the first or driving shaft of the binder mechanism, and serves not only to actuate the latter and the packers s' si, which it does through cranks s3 s", in the manner usual in the Appleby binder, but is also made to drive the reel, cutters, and raking and other mechanisms for delivering the grain to the binding devices and for carrying the bound bundles over the drive-wheel and discharging them.

The spur-wheel J' is clutched to its shaft and tripped-or released as in the Appleby, and engages with a spur-wheel, K, driving it, and through it a second gear, K', both of which are mounted on stud-axles in the rear face of the standard H. The wheel K engages with and drives a large spur-gear, K2, secured to the rear end of shaft l', mounted in the upper sleeve, l1, of the standard, and actuating the knotting devices. This shaft carries also on its forward end a disk or wheel provided with an ejector-arm, which serves, after the bundle has been bound, to take it from the binding devices and carry it on upward for discharging it over the driving-wheel B'and upon the ground, ifa bundle-receptacle be not used, otherwise into such receptacle. The wheel K2 has acrank-pin on itis rear face, from which a connecting-rod, k', extends downward to a crank-arm on the rear end of the shaft I of the needle, imparting a vibratory movement thereto.

The sprocket-wheel J2 on the rear end of shaft J carries a driving-chain, Z, which passes underneath a sprocket wheel, L, upon the rear end of the shaft of theinner roller, L', of the platform apron or chains, imparting motion thereto, thence upward on the inner side of a sprocket-wheel, L, on the rear end of a gatherer or picker-shaft, m, having arms m', which operate upon the grain as it is discharged at the inner end of the platform to move it onward, starting it upward in its passage to the binding devices, and thence the chainl passes up outside of and over a sprocket-wheel, L3, on the rear end of a longitudinal shaft, n, mounted in a supporting-bar, N, similar to that employed by Appleby, referred to, except that it is made heavier and stronger than in the rod construction of Appleby, whereby it is adapted to perform not only the function of Applebys rod, but also to support the gatherers and the reel-post O, as shown, thus raising the foot of said post above the IOO IIO

passage-way of the grain underneath the bar N, and leaving said passage-way open for the passage of the grain up to the binding devices. The shaft n has a bevel-wheel near its forward end, engaging and driving a bevel-wheel on a short transverse shaft, n', also supported in bearings on the bar N. A sprocket-wheel on the outer end of n, in connection with a chain and a sprocketwheel on the reel -shaft, as shown, serves to drive the latter, the arrangement described serving to raise the support for the reel and the mechanism for driving the same above the passage-way for the grain from the carrying-platform to the binder-table and mechanisms. The shaft of the inner roller of the platform-apron is provided in rear of the sprocket-wheel Lwith a cranlcarm, p,

from which a pitman, p', extends to a pendent crank-arm, p2, on a rock-shaft, P, mounted in vand extending through the sleeve A of the binder-frame, and a crank-arm, p3, on its forward end is connected by a rod, p4, with the reciprocating sickle bar, for actuating the same. 2,

Where toothed endless belts or chains Q Q are employed for raking the grain inward from the grain-platform and discharging it upon the binder-table at the inner end thereof, the shaft L 0f the inner rollers thereof, to which the sprocket-Wheel L is applied for actuating it, as above described, may be provided with additional rollers driving short endless toothed belts R, set in position conforming to the inclination of table F, with teeth 1 projecting up through slots therein, in their inward and upward movements. Such short endless toothed belts may be used along the lower part of the incline, either alone or conjointly with the packing-arms s si, for the purpose of carrying the grain upward on the inclined table F, and to pack the same against the compressor-arm of the binder,- but for ordinary purposes the packing may be done by such devices as those represented by s s2 alone acting against a'compressor-arm, as presently to be described, and a single one of the belts R may then be employed nearl the rear foot of the incline, to prevent the heads of the grain from lagging behind, especially if the grain be long and heavy; but for the purposes thus referred to any suitable packing device may be employed. Thus it will be seen that the reel and raking mechanisms, and also the cutters, as Well as the binder mechanism, are all actuated directly or indirectly from the iirst and main binder-shaft. I

S5 represents the compressor-arm, which is pivoted underneath the binder-table, and works up through a slot near the upper end of the latter, said compressor being connected by a rod, f', with an arm, fz, on a rockshaft, f3, the latter, through a crank-arm, f4, being in turn connected by a yielding or spring link-connection, f5, with a lever, w, pivoted to the binder-gear standard, (indicated in dotted lines, Fig. 1,) and vibrated by means the grain upward on the incline against the grain against the action of the packers and 7o needle, and for withdrawing the same and permitting the passage and discharge of the bound bundle. The gathering and packing is done by the mechanism described moving compressing-arm c5, which, immediately after the discharge of a bundle from the binding mechanism, is projected upward from beneath the table F, so as to stand in the way of and prevent the onward flow of the grain until a new gavel has been formed against it. Under the increase of pressure brought to bear thereon by the accumulation of grain, as each gavel grows in size its backward or yielding movement brings the binding mechanism into operation substantially in the manner common in the Appleby binder, and which is so well known in the art that I deem it unnecessary to explain it in detail. The compressor-arm drops beneath the table F while the bundle is discharged, as already described, and then resumes its place, for the gathering of a new gavel. The grain is carried in by the raking devices and deposited-upon the lower end of the upwardly-inclined binder-table F; thence it is moved onward by the pickers m', and is carriedupward on the incline and against the compressorarm S5 by thel packers s s2 and toothed beltsR, either or both, until the needle S, with its diverging guard S, for effecting a separation in the grain, checking the upflow of the same, and facilitating the retraction of the needle, comes into operation from below and behind the ascending grain, said arm carrying it still farther upward in the process of passing the band around, compressing and binding the same, until finally, when the binding is `completed, and just as the bundle is released, the latter is caught by IOO the discharge-arm on the wheel on the end of 11o the shaft I, and is by this forced on upward and discharged over the driving-wheel either upon the dumping-receptacle described or upon the ground, as may be preferred, in either case on the opposite side of the wheel to that upon which it was bound.

From the above description it will be apparent that the forms of the devices for raking, binding, and elevatingthe bound bundles over the main drive-wheel may be varied, so long as the relation of the parts is preserved,

and the binding is effected in the process of elevating the grain over the main drive-wheel, and the binding devices themselves are arranged within the periphery extended vertically of the driving-wheel upon the side adjacent to the platform and opposite to that upon which the bundles are discharged. By the arrangement described, the machine is brought into compact form, utilizingthe space required for elevating the grain over the wheel for binding the. same, and saving the space ordinarily occupied by binding mechanism outside: of said wheel, which, may be vutilized, bythe carryingv and dumping tray,

as described.

The drivers seat rIl issecured to a suitable support attached-to the vbinder-gear standard above the raking and binding and elevatingv mechanism, and the means :foradjzusting the height of cut, for tripping-the vdumping receptacle for the bundle, 82o, are so arranged i as to be within convenientreach :and control of the driver. vThus vthe'tongue E, described asv kpivoted to the binder-frame, is shown providi ed onv its rear end with a toothed segmentor rack, with which they vpinionv vIl onv a shortv transverse shaft, e, engages. A. crank-arm, c,

'Y on said shaft is connectedbya longitudinal:

rod, E2, with the lower end of va lever, E3', piv-v oted toany suitable support onthe frame, and

stiffening theconnecticn between the binder and platform frames.

W, Fig. 3, represents'a abuttingdevice,vv

consisting of an endless slatted'belt running upon two short upright rollers, WV WW, supported in a horizontal swiveling or adjustable frame connected either with the forward platform frame bar, and so arranged as to crowd or butt 7 the grain back upon the table F as far as may be necessary to bring it in proper relation to the binding devices. The shaft of roller W may be geared to and driven from the shaft n, as hereinafter explained; or it may be geared to the shaft of the inner roller of lthe platform-apron, as preferred.

In Figs. 5 and 6 a modification in the butting device is shown, said device consisting of a vibrating board, a, set on edge on the forward end of the binder-table, and hinged at its inner end to a second board or arm, a5, extending obliquely forward, and having its slotted forward end pivoted in a block, a, adjustable on a transverse rod, ai. The board or arm a5 is connected by a loop, at or near the center of its length, with a crank, as, on an inclined shaft, a, having a bearing at its upper end in the board N, and provided with a bevel-wheel engaging a bevel-wheel on the forward end of the shaft n, for driving it. The outer end of the butting-board a4 is connected by an adjustable link or rod, am, with a swiveling block, a, a set-screw, a, serving to hold the link al at any desired adjustment. By ad- `justing the linkalo and the adjustable pivot- Another isY employed, (shown at V, Fig. 1,)extending from the rear platform-frame bar, near its outer end, to the standard-H, for y block a, the positionand also the throw of the butting-board aff may be adjusted at-will for moving the grain backward ou the kbindingtable, in order to bring it into properrelation to the binding devices.

A modification in the pickers or gatherers for feeding the grain from the platform-carrier to the binding devices is also shown in Figs. 5 'and6, in which, in lieu of revolving arms-on the picker-shaft m, said shaft is provided with a number of crank-arms, m3 and m, set opposite each other, ,and :upon which are pivotedv pendentv picker-teeth b3v and b,

:having their heel ends extended above the shaft m, and connected by links 125:11? with; lugs 1f on the bar N. By this arrangement of pickersamovement inan elliptical path is given to the points of the pickersasindicatcdby the dotted lines in Fig. 6, and, being-operated in sets by cranksarranged for` that purpose, vone set is madetoquickly follow anotheigand the grain is taken from the delivery'end ofthe y platform-carrier as. rapidly as it reaches said end, and is pushed upward on thebinder-tago ble, effectually preventing its dropping off 'thev end or following thereturnmovement of said and upheld by the bin'der-gearstandard in a manner similar to that described in Letters vPatent granted lto me April 251, 1883 N0.

In Fig. (i a bundle-discharger is shown,

vwhich may be used eitheriu connectionwith or as a substitute for the arm v7c on the wheel on the end of t-he shaft I, above described, said discharging device consisting of an arm, C, pivoted at its outer end in the outer end of the binder-table F, overhanging the drivingwheel. The table in this construction is slotted to permit the arm or fork to pass through it and to rest below its upper surface. The arm C3 is connected by a link, c, with a heelextcnsion, or an arm secured to the compressor-arm S of the binder, in such manner that as said compressor is withdrawn or dropped below the table to permit the removal of the bundle the arm C is moved down with it to receive the bundle as the latter is moved outward by the discharge-arm k, or equivalent device, and when the compressor is raised to receive and aid in compressing another bundle the arm C3 will be thrown up into position shown in Fig. 6, thereby effecting the discharge over the driving-wheel of the bound bundles.

I am aware that broadly it is not new to gavel and bind grain down on a level with or below the level of the platform before it commences to go up the incline, as in Gilmans patent of August 24, 1869, also, that it is not new to elevate the grain a short distance, let it drop into a concave receptacle arranged on or below the level of the horizontal carrier and at the foot of the incline proper, then to carrier. Thev gatherer-shaft m is mounted in pendent brackets N, attached to they longif f vtudinal bar N, the latter being connected with IIO bind.y at that point, then to move the bundle up the elevator and over the drive-wheel, as

in the Castle patent of January 14, 1879; also,-

that it is not new to provide a horizontal table a little above the foot of the incline, on which the grain is gaveled, and from or clear of which it is lifted for purpose of binding by revolving binder-arms, as in the Howe patent of May 28, 1878; and, still further, that it is not new to arrange ahorizontal binding-table and binding mechanism at or above the level of the upper end of an elevating apparatus, as in the Spaulding patent of May 30, 187 0; but my present invention diers from all these and from other machines known to me, among other important respects, in the fact that the grain is arrested during its ascent up the inclined table, and is gaveled and bound while resting thereon, and at a point intermediate between the foot and top ofthe incline, and is then moved the rest of the way up the incline. By this construction I utilize the ordinary elevator-incline, heretofore used solely for elevating purposes, not only for elevating, but also as a table on which to gavel and bind.

So far as I am aware, gaveling and binding were never done on the inclined elevator up which the grain traveled from the delivery end of the horizontal platform-carrier to or above the top of the drive-wheel, and at a point between its upper and lower ends. Prior to my invention, in every case, so far as I am aware, where the binding was done inside the drive-wheel, it was done on a horizontal or concave receptacle down on a level with or below the horizontal carrier-platform, or on a horizontal table at the upper end of the elevator, or by mechanism which lifted the grain clear of the machine.

I also believe I am the first to arrange and combine a pair of reciprocating oscillatory packers-such, for example, as are illustrated at s sZ-or. other suitable elevating mechanism-such, for example, as the toothed belts R-with an inclined elevating and binding table, and with a compressor-arm for arresting the upward flow of grain, in such manner as to gather and pack the grain and form the gavel,

l in whole or in part, while the grain is traveling uphill and against its own gravity. No previous inventor has ever attempted it, to my knowledge; and I also believe that I am the first to so combine the needle with an inclined elevating and binder table that the needle, striking in from below, shall aidin moving the grain upward on the incline against its own gravity, and so aid in gathering the grain and compressing the gavel. This action will be obvious from an inspection of the drawings; and, still further, I believe it to be new with me to arrange the packing mechanism and the needle-arm-driving mechanism in the triangular space beneath the inclined elevating and binding table, and in such manner relative to the inclined table that the packers may enter the upilowing grain from beneath the table and naar the foot of the incline, and than,

moving up the incline, shall carry the grain upward against its own gravity, but in the direction of discharge, and also so that the needle-arm, entering the stream of upflowing grain near the foot of the incline, shall effect a divisionv in the stream of grain, and shall gather forward and upward the grain above, and so that all shall, each at the proper time, drop beneath the table or out of the way of the still continuing upliow of grain, but without danger of striking the ground. The inclined table is of course to be slotted along the paths of these devices through their range of motion.

As it is proposed to make the bundle-carrier or dumping-tray, in its connection with the inclined elevating binder-table and the compressing, binding, and bundle-ej ecting devices hereinabove describedthe subject-matter of a division of this application, the same is not herein claimed.

. Having now described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. In a harvesting-machine having an inclined elevating l and binder table interposed between the inner or delivery end of the horizontal carrier of the grain-platform and the drive-wheel, the combination, with suchbinder-table, of a packing and binding mechanism adapted to gather and pack the grain upon the binding-table and bind it into bundles during its travel up the inclined table and while resting thereon, substantially as set forth.

. 2. In a harvesting-machine having an inclined elevating and binder table interposed between the inner and delivery end -of the horizontal carrier of the grain-platform and the driving-wheel, the combination, with such binder-table, of a packing and binding mechanism adapted to gather and pack the grain upon the binding-table and bind .it into bundles during its travel up the incline of the table and while resting on the table, and a discharging mechanism for separately engaging each bundle as bound and moving it up or over the top of the incline, substantially as set forth.

3. In a harvesting-machine having an inclined binder-table interposed between the delivery end of the horizontal platform-carrier and the drive-wheel, and having also a packing and a binding mechanism for binding the grain on and during its travel up the incline of the table, and in combination with said mechanism and with the cutting apparatus, the continuously-rotating shaft of the binder mechanism actuating the packers, and mounted in the binder-frame F in the triangular space beneath said table, and provided with a driving-connection thence to the sickle-bar, substantially as set forth. A

4. In a harvesting-machine having an inclined binder-table interposed between the delivery end of the horizontal platform-carrier and the drive-wheel, and in combination with IOO IIO

such table, a packing and binding mechanism adapted to pack and bind the grain upon the table, the packing mechanism and the needle being both located in the triangular space beneath said table, substantially as described, whereby the grain is packed into a gavel while it is moving up said table, and bound into a bundle while under such compression.

5. In a harvesting-machine having an inclined elevating` and binding table interposed between the inner or delivery end ofthehorizontal carrier of the grain-platform andthe drivewheel, and in combination with such bindertable, a packingand binding` mechanism, and picking and gathering mechanism for moving the grain as received from the horizontal carrier up the foot of the inclincdtable into or within the range of the packers, and a discharging mechanism for moving each bundle separatelyin regular succession from the place of binding up to or over the upper end of the incline, substantially as described.

6. In a harvesting-machine having an inclined binder-table interposed between the inner end of the horizontal platform-carrier and the drive-wheel, and in combination with such table, packers arranged to entertheupilowing grain from beneath the table and near the foot of the incline, and then to move up the incline to carry the grain upward against its own gravity, but in the direction of discharge, and simultaneously to pack or compress it against a stop or compressor arm, snbstantiallyas set forth.

7. In a harvesting-machine having an inclined binder-table interposed between the iuner end of thehorizontal platform-carrier and the drive-wheel, the combination, with such table and with a stop or compressor arm near its upper end, of packer-arms and an oscillatory needle, both arranged to enter the upfiowing grain from beneath near the foot of the incline, and both arranged to move up the incline of the table and carry the grain upward against its own gravity, but in the direction of discharge, substantially as set forth.

S. The inclined elevating binder-table interposed between the platform-carrier and the drive-wheel, in combination with a needleshaft located beneath said table in a plane above the plane of the platform-carrier, anda needle adapted to enter the grain on a plane below the plane of said shaft, and operating from beneath to move the grain up said i11- cline of said table to the place of binding thereon.

9. rIhe inclined elevating binder-table interposed between the platform-carrier and the drive-wheel, in combination with packers and a needle, both operating from beneath to move the grain up the incline of the table progressively toward the point of discharge in the process of compressing and binding the grain.

10. The inclined elevating binder-table interposed between the platform-carrier andthe drivewheel, in combination with a needleshaft located underneath said table in a plane above the plane of the carrier, a needle operating from beneath said table, adapted to enter the grain near the foot of the incline on a horizontal plane below the plane of the needleshaft, and to assist in moving the grain up said incline, and a guard for effecting a separation oi" the grain, checking the upi'low of the grain belowl the needle during the operation of binding a bundle, and facilitating the withdrawal of the needle. v

1 1. rIhe inclined elevating binder-table interposed between the platform-carrier and the drive-wheel, in combination with a needleshaft located underneath said table, a binder arm or needle operating from beneath said table, adapted to enter the grain on a plane below the plane of said shaft andto assist in moving the grain up the incline of the table to the place of binding thereon, and abundle-ej ector.

12. rlhe inclined elevating binder-table interposed between the platform-carrier andthe driving-wheel, and means for elevating the grain on said inclined table from the foot of the incline to the mechanism for binding the grain on said incline, in combination with a rotary ejector and a secondary cjecting-arm operating from beneath the table, for discharging the bound bundles over the upper end of said inclined elevating-table.

13. rlhe inclined elevating binder-table interposed between the platform-carrier and the driving-wheel, in combination with a packing mechanism operating from beneath the table, for packing the grain on said inclined table, and pickers or gatherers interposed between the platform-carrier and the packing mechanism, for moving the grain from the delivery end of said carrier to within the reach of the packing mechanism.

14. The inclined elevating binder-table interposed between the platform-carrier and the drive-wheel, in combination with a packing mechanism operating from beneath the table, pickers or gatherers interposed between said carrier and packing mechanism, and a butting mechanism, said pickers and butting mechanism -both assisting to move the grain up the incline of the tableto a point within the reach of the packing mechanism.

15. The inclined binder-frame interposed between the main drive-wheel and the cutting apparatus and platform, one of the inclined transverse bars of said frame being provided with a pendent arm supporting the main drivewheel axle.

16. The continuously-operating first or main shaft of the binder mechanism, provided with cranks for actuating the packers, in combination with gearing connecting said shaft with the reel, and cutting and raking mechanism for operating the same, substantially as described.

17. The binder-gear standard, located on the inner side of the drive-wheel and supporting the drivers seat above the binding mechanism.

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18. The combination of the pickers or gatherers, which overhang the grain in its passage from the platform to the binding mechanism, with a support attached to and upheld by the binder-gear standard on the platform side of the driving-wheel.

19. An adjustable vibrating butting device composed of two boards or arms hinged together at their swinging ends, one of said parts being connected with and made adjustable relatively to the actu ating-crank, and the Other being adj ustably pivoted at its outer end for adjusting the angle of the butting-board.

20. The combination, in a harvesting-machine, of an inclined elevating-table placed between the inner end of the grain-platform and the driving-wheel, the pickers or gatherers7 the packers, the binding mechanism, and 

